Grid

Harvard's Aziz says emerging battery tech could be game changer for grid storage

OnPoint

Aired: Monday, March 3, 2014

Could rhubarb molecules hold the key to cost-effective battery storage for renewable energy in the electricity sector? During today's OnPoint, Michael Aziz, a professor of materials and energy technologies at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, discusses his emerging battery technology and research, funded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), and talks about the next steps to commercializing the technology.